S.Korea raises social-distancing rules to 2nd-highest level in capital area
Global Times
Source: Xinhua Published: 2020/12/9 10:50:17
South Korea decided Sunday to raise its social-distancing rules in the Seoul metropolitan area by one notch to the second-highest level for three weeks amid a spike in COVID-19 cases for the past month.
The country's five-tier social-distancing regulations will be lifted to Level 2.5 for the next three weeks in the capital area, which covers Seoul, its surrounding Gyeonggi province and the western port city of Incheon.
The distancing guidelines had been elevated to Level 2 for two weeks from Nov. 24 to Dec. 7, but the virus spread had yet to be contained in the metropolitan region.
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